The Drop Shot Rig
by Ken Sturdivant
Southern
Fishing Schools Inc.
This is a relatively new rig that started with the
west coast anglers. The
lakes
out west
are
deep and very clear and
the fish have seem almost everything is the world. From the Texas rig
to the Carolina rig to the trick worm, bass both spots and largemouth
still
see these long tested and true rigs. Now the is a method that is easy
to rig and even easier to fish.
The drop shot rig is exactly what it
sounds
like. And the best way to describe it is to call it an upside down
Carolina rig.
Instead of the lead sinker in the center of the rig as
it is with
other types of rigs, the sinker is on the bottom. What makes this
so easy is that the fish now can see the baits even better. This is a
deadly rig
for summer fish or any other fish that suspends over the bottom.
Many
times bass do not feed right off the bottom. While many anglers
believe that
the Carolina rig has a bait floating up off the bottom, it really
does not. The worm or lizard on the Carolina rig simply follows the
lead sinker as they both stay dead on the bottom.
Start out with 12 pound
clear Stren
Easy cast line and tie on a worm hook with the Palomar knot.
But leave
a long tag line to tie on the weight. Now add at least a 1/2
ounce sinker, any style to the bottom of the line. Now the weight simply
crawls over
the bottom and the bait can be floated anywhere from 12 inches
to
4 feet above the lead. The strikes are exactly like a Carolina rig
but better.
Strikes will be easier to feel and hook sets will drive the hook
home.
Rig up the hook with any soft plastic from a grub to a ten inch
u tail worm or lizard. Spend 4 hours with three rods rigged with
three lengths
of leader. One at 12 inches, one a two feet and one at three
feet.
Rig up a grub, a finesse worm and then a u tail worm on the rigs.
